A TV presenter who volunteered to take the part of a human crash-test dummy while hosting a BBC science show is suing the broadcasters for £3.7m after he was badly injured.
Jem Stansfield claims he lost his "stellar" broadcast career after suffering life-changing injuries while filming BBC popular science show Bang Goes the Theory.
The presenter was strapped into a specially designed rig and catapulted along a track and into a metal pole to mimic the effect of hitting a lamp-post in a car.
But claiming he suffered disabling whiplash, brain damage and psychological scars from the impact, he is now suing the BBC for £3.7m at the High Court.
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